From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from vint.altlinux.org ([194.107.17.35]:55141 "EHLO vint.altlinux.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755416Ab2KNXy2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:54:28 -0500 Received: from wo.int.altlinux.org (wo.int.altlinux.org [192.168.1.4]) by vint.altlinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2C9B226C099 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:54:27 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:54:27 +0400 From: "Dmitry V. Levin" To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: vlock command Message-ID: <20121114235426.GE20303@altlinux.org> References: <20121114103509.GD1835@x2.net.home> <50A37AD8.6060601@gmail.com> <20121114122207.GE1835@x2.net.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4Epv4kl9IRBfg3rk" In-Reply-To: <20121114122207.GE1835@x2.net.home> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --4Epv4kl9IRBfg3rk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 01:22:07PM +0100, Karel Zak wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 03:04:56PM +0400, Alexey Gladkov wrote: > > http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/vlock.git >=20 > it seems the same code as the original vlock-1.3 It was surely based on the same vlock-1.3 code, and it has essentially the same features list, but it's hardly the same code. :) > > Some time ago, I have merged this version in kbd project: > >=20 > > http://git.altlinux.org/people/legion/packages/kbd.git?p=3Dkbd.git;a=3D= tree;f=3Dsrc/vlock;h=3D92419b98175d215a71f83bfb06b409daa97b13c4;hb=3D768b8c= 314e1d3c465d895b206da4aa4543914d1d > >=20 > > I have a collection of utilities for manipulation in console (openvt, > > chvt, deallocvt ...) I consider logical to have the utility for > > terminal blocking. > >=20 > > What do you think? >=20 > Well, vlock is mostly about authentication, About authentication? Well, could you then explain why do you keep that 7 year old vlock-1.3-morepam.patch from Nalin in Fedora vlock package? It does something unnatural for vlock, e.g. pam_acct_mgmt and even pam_setcred! At the same time, the only module in its account stack is pam_permit.so. Weird. --=20 ldv --4Epv4kl9IRBfg3rk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlCkLzIACgkQfKvmrJ41Nh5G3gCcDM8limz5XO/fdG0Z5pU2igHj a54AnRIwbsFJ0AB9EFpUwb1mBDMzNaxm =IPdA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Epv4kl9IRBfg3rk--